Many of you have heard how I’d like to see the USDA’s food stamp program (now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) hard-wire better nutrition into the program by beginning to include nutritious food inventory criteria for SNAP vendors. To help make the case, we contracted with the ASU School of Nutrition & [...]
Our Newborn Screening Program (in the State Laboratory) ensures that each newborn is tested for 28 inherited disorders and hearing problems. The goal is to help kids avoid illness, developmental delays and even death by quickly identifying problems and swiftly letting their doctors know so they can implement interventions. On any given day our newborn [...]
Every day 15 Arizonans suffer from a cardiac arrest (their heart stops). That’s 15 yesterday, today and tomorrow- adding up to more than 5,000 people in Arizona per year… which is more the 5 times the number of folks that die in car crashes. Saving lives after a cardiac arrest requires several links in the [...]
Starting today, AHCCCS is reopening enrollment in the KidsCare II program. Arizona's Temporary Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is accepting applications again. Enrollment was suspended in September and many people were put on a wait list – those kids will be automatically enrolled and do not need to reapply. KidsCare II criteria include income guidelines [...]
ADHS joined the Wi-Fi Club … with I.T. installing 9 Wi-Fi hotspots in various conference rooms- with a few more to come. The “hotspots” provide wireless Internet connectivity for up to 10 devices per conference room. The password will be posted in each conference room where it’s available. Here’s the list of conference rooms that have Wi-Fi [...]
Your AZ Public Health Laboratory was recognized this month at the CDC Laboratory Response Network National meeting for Innovative Collaborations with AZ's first responders. We were lauded for our unique approaches to training hazmat technicians on the use of handheld analytical instruments for testing chemical and biological agents in the field and demonstrating testing capabilities available at the public health lab. [...]
Our Office of Environmental Health is one of only 8 states awarded a cooperative agreement with the CDC for adapting to extreme weather and its effects on public health. Heat is the number one killer among all weather related causes of death across the country and in Arizona… more than tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires [...]
Helping fight hunger in our state is a worthy investment of anyone’s time. One in four children struggle with hunger in our state according the Arizona Association of Food Banks. To do their part… food banks in our state supply more than 11 million pounds of food every month. But the food banks rely on [...]
It’s that time of year again. It is October, the pink ribbon shows up and you can find opportunities to buy just about anything created in pink; even small appliances. You know pink has truly taken hold when you see men at the gym wearing pink workout gear and football players wearing pink shoes. There [...]
Every day at least 3 women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the U.S. October is set aside to help bring awareness to the issue - across the country domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women aged 15-44. In Arizona last year, 108 individuals lost their lives to domestic violence; so [...]
